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Q: I own both BRK.b and V in my RSP and TFSA and see their relative strength both peaked at last year's market bottom along with the safety trade in general. Do you feel the markets are more risk-on these days to the point where I should let V go for something more "aggressive" in the financial space while keeping the diversity of BRK.b? Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Michael on January 29, 2026
Q: I read the article by Larry Swedroe of Morningstar about Warren Buffets investing methods from this weekend's 5i suggested reading and was intrigued by the strong intangible moat that is used to describe some of the companies he invested in, can you suggest a couple of companies you feel reflect this currently. Keith
Read Answer Asked by Keith on January 28, 2026
Q: I have just started an RESP for my grandson and will be contributing the max $2500 per year. What would you recommend as my first stock purchases.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Marty on January 26, 2026
Q: Hi 5i team!

To follow up on this question from Jan 5th (with a twist):

Please give me your top 3 sectors for 2026 (in order of preference) with top 3 picks for each sector for USA.

Also, when do you plan on releasing your AI blog article?

Thanks and wishing everyone a prosperous 2026!
Read Answer Asked by Marco on January 12, 2026
Q: Hello gentlemen: I am looking for companies to top up such that their current PE is near or within its last 10 years average. Which of the above is your Most prefer to least. Feel free to add a few more that isn't mentioned above.
Can you name a few US ones , say 4-5 companies. Thank you
Read Answer Asked by DAVID on December 08, 2025
Q: I must shortly divest part of my RRIF to meet legal requirements.
I would like to retain those stocks with the best longer term appreciation expectations.
My candidates for sale are:
AAPL currently overweighted
CNQ
SU
Visa currently underweighted
What would be your suggestion(s)?

Many thanks for your ongoing great work!
Read Answer Asked by David on November 25, 2025
Q: The above stocks make up 80.4% of my holdings. Goog and BN @7% each. The next 5 @ 4% each and the rest at or close to 3% each. For a 10 year horizon, with risk/reward in mind, where would you invest if you had 10% of the portfolio in dry powder- new cash. Any you would sell? Note, I have been trimming CLS, VRT and NBIS to control AI exposure.

Thanks again for all the insights - love the service you provide.
Read Answer Asked by Don on November 12, 2025
Q: what is the best way to invest in stable coins ? does the genius act(USA) and the proposed similar legislation by carney 's liberals have any positive material effect on companies in Canada and the USA and if so what companies do you like? thanks Richard
Read Answer Asked by richard on November 04, 2025
Q: Hello 5i,

We are perplexed on which payment stocks to purchase. FOUR seems to be somewhat of a disappointment so far, though many have fallen from grace this year and a path to digital payments through crypto looks promising though we are not sure how this will shake out.

Can you comment on the best way to capitalize on stocks in this sector and rank the top 3 payment stocks (in order please) to hold for 5 years or longer.

Thank you

D&J
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on October 29, 2025
Q: I am thinking of starting a new position amount these three, which one has more upside? Will this sector be negatively impacted by AI or Crypto adoption? Your guidance is greatly appreciated as always, thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Lin on October 15, 2025
Q: Hi there,

I'm looking for an indirect (and somewhat conservative) play on crypto. What do you think of these?
Read Answer Asked by Mark on October 14, 2025
Q: Please rank these financials in order of preference with the sole consideration being overall return potential for a 5 year hold.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Karim on October 09, 2025
Q: In a recent response to a question, you suggested that US financials were your second highest conviction sector, after tech.


With that in mind, could you please share your top six U.S. financial picks, ranked by conviction? Does BRK.B make the list? I’d appreciate a brief justification either way.

Thank you,
Read Answer Asked by Karim on October 06, 2025
Q: We hold most of the 5i Balanced and some of the income portfolio stocks plus the fallowing us stocks. amzn, brk.b, cost, goog, isrg, lly, msft, nvda, smci, vrt, v. Berkshire is over 8% and the others are 5% please suggest a couple of us names to add to this portfolio. or any to trim. ( US is a growth portfolio ).
Thank you for your superb service over more than 10 years. Ian
Read Answer Asked by Ian on October 01, 2025
Q: Hello 5i,
New to portfolio analytics, can’t say enough about this team! Bravo.

Circumstances forced me to shuffle financially this past year.
43, pension, rentals. 55 freedom or forget it.

Highest conviction, growth, maj; tech, leaning themes to the next decade, a sprinkle of sector diversity, large/mid/small caps, predominantly US. I’m aware of course of all the caveats here lol. A 12-15 starter pack would be fabulous.

This is you starting today; You have 300k.
I do add 700 per week, please exclude
BN, TRI, ISRG, COST, HIMS, NBIS, NVDA, BKSY.

Eagerly waiting! Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Adam on September 30, 2025
Q: Which ones (if any) would you buy and hold and forget for 10 years?
Read Answer Asked by Ray on September 18, 2025
Q: Visa’s business model has come under attack this year by alternate digital payment systems, including coins. And this morning KLARNA which goes public, and its Swedish CEO confidently asserted it will take business away from credit card companies. Swedes are not given to bragging so I take KLAR seriously. I am tempted to sell Visa and invest the proceeds in COF or AXP, whom I see as credit card companies that do more than collect tolls.

Am I wrong in thinking this? Is Visa management’s past record such that they are nimble enough , tech-savvy enough to deal with recent challenges?
Read Answer Asked by Adam on September 18, 2025
Q: BUY. or. HOLD. or SELL for a 3 to 5 year period?
Read Answer Asked by Ray on September 03, 2025
Q: NVDA has now grown to 8% of my portfolio and I am considering paring it back down (again) to 5%. I don't have any crypto exposure, so am looking at investing the freed-up funds in HOOD. This would bring my investment in financials to just over 30%. I know you can't comment on individual allocations, but if this were your portfolio and you already held BN, BAM, X, V and HMAX...would you be concerned about putting too many eggs in the same basket? Or would you feel there is sufficient diversity within the already-held funds to add HOOD? Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Maureen on July 14, 2025
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